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Since the day his officers gunned down two pet Labrador dogs and handcuffed two innocent people for hours in a drug raid in 2008 at the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County Sheriff Michael Jackson has clung to what seems like a preposterous notion that his men did nothing wrong.
Voters will now get a chance to pass judgment on that, as Jackson confirmed to political associates last week that he's running for county executive.
Don't be surprised, though, if Jackson suffers only modest political damage from the dog-shooting incident....
Jackson, who is black, also might benefit from racial sympathies of African Americans who think the Berwyn Heights raid got undue attention because a white family was affected, according to veteran county politicians of both races.
Robert McCartney: Prince George's, Md., sheriff takes scary position on misguided raid - washingtonpost.com
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